PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Tempor sit et ipsum labore et sea euismod elitr dolore consetetur dolor est sit dolor clita. Duo volutpat et aliquyam aliquyam. Dolor ipsum feugiat nibh nonumy eros voluptua vel eirmod zzril sea duo nonumy minim dolore. Facilisis magna duis magna eos doming commodo clita diam. Invidunt nisl et.
Sample Output H3
Tempor nulla ex at dolore eirmod exerci justo rebum. Duo sanctus nonumy dolor nonummy at lorem erat ipsum tempor ipsum dolore lorem nonumy clita nonumy. Delenit ipsum euismod dolor dolores. Et duis eros tempor diam eos ut dolores clita stet ea aliquam. Exerci et dolore kasd clita invidunt sit voluptua vero diam in lorem. Ipsum justo clita et.
Dolor consequat dolores ea lorem velit nulla diam. Justo sed ut. Eleifend aliquyam congue dolor praesent sadipscing nonumy duo luptatum nihil ad ullamcorper et sanctus lorem voluptua et. Dolor ut elitr erat nonumy in et sed takimata dolore molestie tempor takimata consequat velit quis ipsum sea elit. Rebum et et euismod lorem lorem invidunt sanctus accusam molestie magna zzril ipsum rebum amet. At erat sed. Luptatum possim invidunt option. Dolor velit labore vero dolor at elitr. Eu ullamcorper ut lobortis praesent sit consequat est delenit takimata lorem eum. Nonumy elitr molestie velit illum duo dolores.
Sample Output H4
Vero invidunt in eos ullamcorper vel dolor luptatum vel sadipscing. Invidunt et justo liber ad. Eum nonumy magna tempor eu no sanctus et est eum delenit odio sanctus et sed enim ea. Accusam et sadipscing eros justo. Dolor sed nihil dignissim eu et dolor dolore et facilisis at kasd. Rebum voluptua vulputate et nonumy et ut est kasd takimata lorem ad vulputate sit accusam.
Lorem accusam et dolores diam aliquyam luptatum lobortis laoreet et sea. Autem lorem dolore rebum kasd vel ullamcorper feugiat commodo est. Vulputate ipsum tempor dolore no ipsum. Iusto sit dolor eum diam. Consetetur sed et accusam nonumy erat dolores erat voluptua et stet voluptua et diam aliquyam. Clita vulputate sit kasd et commodo duo ipsum duo takimata eleifend elit consetetur ut consectetuer. Eirmod eum justo clita feugiat lorem sed esse ipsum ut te voluptua vero amet tempor. In in hendrerit sed vel dolores tempor ea eos. Lorem dolore dolor consequat sanctus ut et eos lorem voluptua duo sadipscing et no eum. Elitr ea tempor elitr erat lobortis accusam ea diam ipsum eirmod at tation et feugait lorem ipsum sanctus.
Sample Output H4
No sit takimata at ipsum. Diam gubergren dolore luptatum wisi dolore eu assum in et nonummy magna sadipscing ea kasd dolore. Sea dolor ea dolor dolore dolor rebum veniam consequat elitr. Enim sed elitr elit nonumy at. Clita et sea lorem in feugait eos nihil. Vel labore dolor lorem vel sed et. Diam nonumy lorem no elitr duo tempor justo nonumy sed et.
Dolor sed zzril autem eirmod et nonumy. Sed invidunt at lorem enim eirmod illum duo nonumy sanctus vulputate commodo accumsan ipsum sit suscipit suscipit justo. Stet ut molestie feugiat invidunt kasd eos consequat elitr sit suscipit consequat clita ut. Tempor autem aliquyam iusto sit ea accumsan labore sit et lorem vel. Consetetur diam sanctus. Rebum sit sit ipsum esse tincidunt et consetetur iriure diam nonumy ipsum nobis placerat dolor amet nonumy dolores. Facilisis invidunt hendrerit ipsum diam sit ipsum suscipit tempor no dolore ex ut amet magna justo. Molestie te volutpat sanctus sed stet ipsum nulla et sed erat lorem lobortis nisl nonummy diam velit amet diam. Lorem nonumy dolor dolor justo ut labore.
Sample Output H3
Lorem elitr et et dolore et qui erat dolor eos lorem lorem takimata amet diam. Sadipscing aliquip sanctus et sed duis lorem at dolore sea erat et ea tempor sanctus diam kasd diam et. Ipsum diam molestie amet diam sed vero accusam dolores et at. Sit et no dolor. Sed rebum euismod elitr. Sed eros liber amet ipsum. Dolores clita clita et erat sit ipsum kasd nulla eirmod sadipscing consectetuer justo erat eos ea rebum dolore. Dolore sea lorem consequat accusam et sed lorem esse invidunt kasd magna magna sed volutpat est. Et sanctus rebum sit clita minim odio ullamcorper minim dolore ut rebum nonumy in illum lorem.
Dolore stet elit sed amet eirmod luptatum nonumy. Qui eos kasd at accusam vero dolor elitr tation et suscipit accusam duis. Sed ipsum diam et sit doming sanctus congue kasd kasd magna. Elitr ullamcorper eu lorem voluptua accusam vero et. Ipsum nonumy feugait ea sed. Et vero magna duo wisi labore magna possim clita gubergren duo wisi tincidunt duo sanctus amet sit.
Sample Output H4
Dolore diam erat dolores imperdiet labore dolor commodo. Eos esse lorem labore gubergren no autem accumsan aliquyam. Dolor commodo iriure accusam sit. Takimata accumsan rebum ea duis et eirmod lorem dolore. Gubergren nam sea lorem amet molestie amet autem et ut nibh labore tempor dolor in. Magna diam duo et eirmod takimata dolore accusam dolor gubergren.
Invidunt lorem consequat dolor clita sit lorem eirmod dolores. Gubergren et invidunt sit est quis sit eos et. Elitr dolor kasd luptatum invidunt delenit accusam ipsum magna invidunt duis diam lorem stet clita dolores takimata. Autem dolores ipsum blandit et aliquip dolore ipsum duo sed ipsum sed ipsum magna vulputate accusam aliquyam velit eirmod. Vero lorem luptatum sit. Dolore sit et amet et ut tempor lorem et voluptua ipsum sadipscing magna rebum vero tempor. Clita aliquyam sit. Praesent dolore labore rebum soluta eos erat facilisis consetetur elitr clita at nisl erat suscipit.
Sample Output H4
Rebum sanctus et tempor invidunt sanctus iusto sit facer et autem dolor elitr consetetur vel sit et at dolor. Magna et stet sed dolore in et et duo accusam kasd luptatum. Vero et at labore aliquyam lorem diam kasd dolores clita dolore. Sed dolor ipsum wisi erat ipsum sea amet nonumy diam eum sadipscing te nibh iriure et odio erat et. Dolore et dolores duis tation stet tempor dolor justo in stet no autem. Rebum nonumy ut et nonumy ea dolor aliquyam sed ipsum eos dolore sea laoreet tempor est. Nonumy ullamcorper lorem sit lorem dolor ut no adipiscing duis elit diam facilisis stet illum stet aliquam ad.
Ut justo praesent aliquyam eros sed et ut tincidunt est et sadipscing rebum tempor at labore duis at dolore. Amet vero diam lorem et rebum iriure ut. Esse nonumy gubergren stet dolores dolor sit sea et ut accusam ut dolor lorem. Amet amet diam voluptua nonumy amet augue amet. Justo tempor amet lorem. Sea vel amet duo et diam et. Aliquyam sit justo nulla sed nulla amet sit sanctus lorem sea eu esse. Luptatum dignissim nulla sanctus diam minim aliquyam sadipscing magna ut ut erat kasd voluptua accusam ipsum.
More Sample Output H2
Ad at accusam ea takimata commodo sed duo amet ea augue et dolor dolor at. Ea aliquyam molestie sadipscing. Aliquam amet aliquam ea et eos magna wisi vero invidunt no eos praesent et stet eos erat. Dolore et et duo autem rebum dolor at diam lorem. Kasd elitr consetetur odio voluptua sed duis labore ipsum eos et gubergren duo stet stet ipsum gubergren eos molestie.
Cum ut velit nulla kasd tempor duis elitr labore. Quis kasd iriure stet lorem eu dolore dolor voluptua et rebum diam sed diam lorem eos aliquyam et. Stet lorem no sea et diam diam. Rebum duis est ea at qui. Ea eos et at aliquyam takimata quod sit eum stet veniam voluptua consetetur ea consequat tempor vulputate commodo. Dolor ut nobis esse aliquyam et elitr consetetur eos nulla lorem. Eirmod suscipit invidunt voluptua elitr nobis ipsum dolor commodo vero et erat sed. Dolores dolor nonumy nibh. Wisi dolore facilisis accusam et et. Vero aliquyam et dolor dolore nulla takimata enim. Dolor possim velit clita est ut delenit et accusam stet lorem amet takimata.
Sample Output H3
Lorem wisi sit sea invidunt nonummy dolor takimata voluptua delenit vero ut aliquyam nonumy diam facilisis tincidunt. Option consequat nibh labore rebum at. Volutpat feugait vel lorem erat dolores dolor amet kasd elitr takimata clita. Erat euismod elit dolore stet vel dolore wisi illum duis aliquyam labore. Consectetuer feugait tempor ex velit sit facer. Consequat accusam invidunt lorem. Et vulputate sed justo sit.
Takimata dolor accusam. Amet stet sit. Clita autem stet aliquip. Labore labore in zzril sadipscing ipsum magna diam facer in facilisi vel kasd et kasd diam ut eleifend ex. Et lobortis magna tempor accusam elitr ipsum. Eum et ipsum sea zzril duo. Adipiscing dolor et voluptua sadipscing sed duis dolor suscipit. Ut dolore accusam ipsum lorem diam et feugiat eos ipsum te dolor accusam euismod. Justo eos at vero. Eleifend et autem ut.
Sample Output H4
Ipsum tincidunt vero invidunt eirmod. In ut lorem in ipsum adipiscing mazim labore ut consetetur nulla aliquyam eos sadipscing voluptua justo sed sea. Duo kasd vel eu vel eirmod amet aliquam. Vero ut no ut sit vulputate et gubergren elitr sed stet gubergren tempor dolor ipsum. No ea dolore sed ea delenit et ea zzril clita stet odio sanctus sit suscipit dolore stet. Commodo sed invidunt tempor sit cum at elitr dolor ea suscipit et dolore sea.
Nulla eos diam at vero kasd tempor no sed ipsum. Minim veniam sed lorem sed ipsum velit aliquam et et eos ipsum. Erat et nobis erat. Ea nonumy est. Erat eum vel diam ipsum dolor tempor ut diam sit praesent erat dolores amet sanctus. Quis dolore et lorem at iriure lorem lorem stet erat dolores diam no ea est no et vero. Eu at consequat consetetur invidunt clita velit sadipscing diam volutpat autem magna consetetur dolor. Lorem diam clita labore magna odio nonumy tincidunt gubergren et tempor sea.
Sample Output H4
Sed nulla in sadipscing duo at lorem sed eirmod sed labore cum congue consetetur. Zzril et placerat et et dolor velit sit dolor sadipscing te at vel in et et kasd facilisis. Ut clita est et elitr et ex stet amet. Amet autem takimata consetetur feugait rebum takimata no. Tincidunt no esse.
Illum nibh delenit sed clita lorem no placerat diam magna sadipscing sea dolore at amet illum. Lorem tempor vero consectetuer eu lorem elit. Consequat et duo velit diam eos ipsum praesent stet molestie adipiscing est ad sit dolor sed tempor ut. Dignissim nobis amet rebum stet minim vero sed ipsum nonumy euismod duo eos magna ipsum eos. Diam sanctus illum no kasd sea rebum diam duis et eirmod ipsum. Ut elitr clita erat rebum suscipit gubergren laoreet sanctus eos amet sanctus nulla eu voluptua duo. Vero kasd diam lorem hendrerit eirmod accusam dolores no consetetur. Labore eos invidunt dignissim.
Sample Output H3
Illum labore takimata diam dolores zzril stet gubergren ut et ut magna option sed. Eos eirmod consequat kasd tempor ad labore et sed sed magna. Et ut facilisi tempor erat amet no dolor nonumy kasd adipiscing sea amet ea. Nulla sanctus ut ut no ea aliquyam et amet. At erat wisi ipsum stet luptatum elit erat nonumy sed te kasd sit diam ut. Magna eirmod clita et eum et et nonumy eum ea diam consetetur erat clita quis. Dolore et lorem amet facilisis blandit at erat sit aliquyam accumsan vero et magna gubergren stet labore nulla labore. Lorem eos kasd. Takimata nulla lorem lorem autem. Eirmod sadipscing autem ullamcorper magna no invidunt ut laoreet.
Commodo accusam rebum gubergren ipsum sanctus sit est diam consetetur diam sed erat magna facilisi est. Clita ipsum quis gubergren et sed feugiat consectetuer consetetur sadipscing amet nulla diam ea dolore invidunt rebum. Magna et erat exerci at ut dolor wisi clita sadipscing rebum. In elitr takimata elitr facilisi ut praesent dolor dolore elitr elit diam eos sit sit no amet. Sea elitr dignissim erat tempor lobortis iriure. Mazim tempor luptatum labore. Aliquam duo no ea sea in justo elitr diam et. Ipsum nonummy enim lorem. Diam eum ipsum et labore qui et consetetur et est vel feugiat ipsum labore nulla est volutpat amet kasd.
Sample Output H4
Ea eirmod duo aliquyam sanctus labore eos sea et nonummy diam lorem duo ea elitr stet amet. Duo duis justo dolores molestie lorem eos esse sanctus vero. Est dolore nisl dolor at stet takimata dolor. Dolore dignissim amet consequat. Vero iriure ut labore et laoreet. Dolores stet sadipscing magna et lorem dolor ea sea praesent sed ad duo lorem sit dolor et elitr. Duo eum dolor tempor. Imperdiet sit elitr gubergren consetetur wisi qui invidunt sit praesent lorem ipsum delenit. Qui vel ipsum magna sit consetetur quod dolor aliquam et amet tempor.
Duo est dolore lorem. Te ipsum vero takimata sadipscing et sanctus dolor sed magna erat sit sadipscing esse no elitr est nostrud voluptua. Elitr vero sed eu et tincidunt amet rebum diam justo diam eirmod duo sadipscing et. Imperdiet in nihil zzril dolores sit ut et dolor et vero possim sed aliquam stet quis lorem magna. Invidunt at et tempor molestie et dolor accusam voluptua ut magna et lorem duo sit amet. Et consetetur labore sit accusam sea feugiat sed nisl aliquyam laoreet tempor takimata. Dolores stet gubergren labore nonumy est esse rebum amet accusam voluptua aliquyam dolore velit nonumy takimata. Sit magna eu consetetur gubergren tempor accusam delenit. Doming et aliquyam nostrud sadipscing diam ea stet augue lorem nonumy labore sea feugait no ipsum. Rebum accusam gubergren facer diam nulla consetetur nulla ut esse. Kasd takimata exerci lobortis eirmod accusam te et et est dolore ipsum feugiat et voluptua dolor et.
Sample Output H4
Rebum eirmod elitr erat takimata. Lobortis dolor duo consetetur consequat et commodo ut at ipsum iusto veniam sit enim. Ea at et consetetur ea et stet duo sit voluptua sea est ipsum tincidunt lorem tempor duis. Accusam et amet sed et. Assum amet suscipit no invidunt diam feugait justo vero sit dolore erat laoreet. Nonumy aliquyam elitr nulla duo molestie sed kasd stet dolore invidunt duis consetetur in gubergren nulla vero.
Exerci dolore nulla illum ipsum dolore vel dolores velit ad sit et. Ea amet feugiat kasd hendrerit duo sed cum ut tincidunt magna diam et accusam consetetur duo no exerci. Hendrerit eos rebum autem congue autem. Vel dignissim invidunt nonumy erat vel facilisis clita et lorem at amet ipsum takimata sed ipsum. Dolor sed facer ex elit sit ipsum zzril sanctus sanctus wisi dolore dolor lorem duo dolor possim elitr accusam. Stet commodo ea consequat te lorem amet. Elitr eos iusto no justo takimata commodo est elitr iusto rebum dolore tempor placerat vero et takimata id.